S50: RPM vs. Road Speed

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morecarl

Discussion Starter · Mar 30, 2005 (Edited)

Hi All,

I'm a new member here. My wife and I recently took the MSF motorcycle safety course and then bought herself an S50 :smile: - pretty cool gal...

I'm really proud of how well she is doing, especially considering that she had never even driven a manual transmission car before this.

The problem is that she is short shifting, because she doesn't know what the engine should sound like for a given speed. My question is whether there is a chart available that shows engine speed ranges vs. road speed for each gear to help her improve her gear selection?

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roysclockgun

· #4 · Mar 30, 2005

Even though the manual shows the low shift speeds, she should not be looking at the speedometer, in order to determine when to upshift. Looking at the instruments is a deadly habit, especially for a newbie rider.
I would consider riding in front of her and maybe waving when you know that she should be shifting. In doing that, she will soon begin to "feel" what is right.
Steve

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